Can Someone Help Me Out With Culinary School Info? I'm SO Confused!?

I'm about to be a junior in high school and I decided to start looking into culinary schools, I want to do pastry and baking and also take buisness %26amp; management classes because i later want to open up my own restaurant/bakery. Anyways! as I was "googling" today, i got REALLY confused! So could someone shine a little light on the situation please?



first off: so many different schools popped up in the search engine! any idea which ones are the best? the worst? and personal experience/reviews??



second: I want the highest degree that i can get in pastry and baking..i clicked on some sites and most of them are saying things like 8 weeks for courses or 600 hours..I don't quite understand that? Semesters make more sense to me..wow i'm so confused lol



third; how long would i be in school? and how much would the cost be (cost really isn't an issue, i have a college account and it is fully taken care of)



- Can someone please help me with all of this :(

also i would like to go to school in Chicago, California, New York/ Boston



- THANK YOU (: !Can Someone Help Me Out With Culinary School Info? I'm SO Confused!?
Looking for a culinary school is very confusing, I'll agree. I cannot give an answer to all of your questions, but I might be able to help out a bit.

1- check for accredited schools. this way, if you do graduate with a really good grade average, you'll be considered for most culinary jobs you apply for. if you choose a school that isn't accredited, then your certificate, degree, or diploma will not be acknowleged by certain establishments. then all of that hard work would be for nothing.

2- i believe, not certain, that each day is a full day's worth of school. it just depends on the college that your looking at. others will only have you working for 20 hours a week.

3- in my personal search, you can graduate in 9 months to 4 years. once again, each one is different.

your searching could take some time. be sure to cut out time to just sit down and do a bunch of research. don't get discouraged if they dont give you all of the info. just make a phone call or send an email. it really pays to get in touch with the colleges your interested in.Can Someone Help Me Out With Culinary School Info? I'm SO Confused!?
OMY GOOSHNESS! Thats what my friend and I wanna do!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE baking, and we want to open a cupcake bakery! wouldn't that be fun! Sorry, don't have an answer, but I just wanted to say ur awesome! oh, and i'm confused too